Joshua 10:11

10:11 As they fled from Israel on the slope leading down from 1  Beth Horon, the Lord threw down on them large hailstones from the sky, 2  all the way to Azekah. They died – in fact, more died from the hailstones than the Israelites killed with the sword.

Joshua 17:16

17:16 The descendants of Joseph said, “The whole hill country 3  is inadequate for us, and the Canaanites living down in the valley in Beth Shean and its surrounding towns and in the Valley of Jezreel have chariots with iron-rimmed wheels.” 4 

1 tn Heb “on the descent of.”

2 tn Or “heaven” (also in v. 13). The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.

3 tn The Hebrew text has simply “the hill country,” which must here include the hill country of Ephraim and the forest regions mentioned in v. 15.

4 tn Heb “and there are iron chariots among all the Canaanites who live in the land of the valley, to those who are in Beth Shean and its daughters and to those who are in the Valley of Jezreel.” Regarding the translation “chariots with iron-rimmed wheels” see Y. Yadin, The Art of Warfare in Biblical Lands, 255 and R. Drews, “The ‘Chariots of Iron’ of Joshua and Judges,” JSOT 45 (1989): 15-23.